On Zhongling Mountain, the pear flowers all over the mountain are like tufts of goose feathers adorning the branches, the fragrance of flowers is light, and the sound of birds is endless.
"Squeak-" The wooden door of the small courtyard was pushed open, the sun was shining brightly, You Xu squinted on the bamboo slump, sat up when he heard the sound, and looked up, "I'm back so soon, how about this time?"
Yin Xun and Ye Mingjiao entered the courtyard one after the other, Yin Xun nodded slightly, and You Xu looked at Ye Mingjiao, not knowing what he was thinking, it was rare to be so distracted and quiet.
Yin Xun glanced at Ye Mingjiao.
You Xu: "Ye Mingjiao?"
Ye Mingjiao came back to his senses, returned to his usual appearance, and grinned: "Master, I've come back to see you, but you don't know how cruel that rock tree demon is, if it wasn't for the presence of senior brother, I'm afraid it would have given me all my bones. It smashes..."
Listening to him crackling a lot of words, like a child coming home from school and telling the parents everything that happened in the school seriously, You Xu couldn't help laughing: "It's good to return home safely after completing the task."
Ye Mingjiao's tone was exaggerated, as if he was talking about cross talk: "And the rotten frog demon, but it's so ugly, it's even uglier than the mud pit I've dug, it's rotten."
You Xu: "Hahaha, why are you going to dig a mud pit?"
"That's a long story, thinking back then..."
Yin Xun raised his eyes, picked up the scabbard and started beating Ye Mingjiao again.
Ye Ming ran around the yard like a monkey: "Hey, brother, be gentle, my bones haven't grown strong yet."
"Oh, I know I'm wrong, so don't say anything."
"Okay, I'm not talking nonsense anymore, I'll go take a bath at Shanquan first."
After speaking, Ye Mingjiao ran away in a hurry.
The daily interaction between their apprentices and brothers was not surprising to You Xu. She even suspected that Ye Mingjiao had a tendency to be abused. How could he feel that he liked being cleaned up by Yin Xun so much that he was closer to Yin Xun than to her master.
Later, after thinking about it, she was able to explain it again. The encounter between the two was similar, Ye Mingjiao inevitably felt sympathy for each other, and the identity of a brother was more approachable than a master. Although Yin Xun always treated him coldly , but also helped him clean up a lot of messes.
Noticing Yin Xun's gaze, You Xu raised her eyebrows slightly: "What's wrong?"
Yin Xun looked at the smile that had not disappeared on her lips, then lowered her eyes and said, "It's nothing."
Compared to Ye Mingjiao, who had all his emotions written on his face, Yin Xun, who was calm, was too hard to guess. You Xu felt that the older Yin Xun grew, the harder it would be to guess.
When he was a teenager, he only had two small wishes, as small as the stars in the sky, not wanting to be discovered, and hoping that someone would notice, one was that she would not drive him away, and the other was that he would work hard. Cultivation can get her reward - pear cake.
Compared with him in previous lives, he is now more restrained, and everything is hidden, making it difficult for people to comprehend.
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The Demon Valley incident didn't seem to have caused any ripples. Only Yin Xun suffered alone. The pictures in the mirror lake were deeply remembered. Countless days and nights made him wake up from a dream, and he couldn't tell the difference between fantasy and reality in a trance.
Desire is clamoring and boiling, and reason is restraining and suppressing.
Yin Xun rarely looked at You Xu again, but he always watched her back secretly when she was out of sight.
He once thought that as long as he didn't reveal it, as long as he hid it well, and as long as he was not known by outsiders, the two of them would be able to get along in this yard for the rest of their lives.
But it doesn't.
He also thought that she would not accept any more disciples or distract others.
But it didn't either.
"Yin Xun, you go to Lianshan Duanheng and bring someone back, and that person is your new little junior sister," You Xu said, "Go back quickly, I think she is in trouble, don't let her have an accident. "
Finally there is news about the heroine Ye Qinwan. The Ye family is good at refining weapons. One-fourth of the magic tools in the cultivation world are produced by the Ye family, but the Ye family itself is not strong enough. There are piles of magic tools in the warehouse. Those who have inappropriate intentions appear to be guilty of guilt.
So the Jian Sect, who has always been a provocateur in the realm of self-cultivation, made a move all night, and the fire lit up half the sky.
Ye Qinwan collected materials in Duanheng, Lianshan this time, and escaped the catastrophe. The last sound transmission from the family let her know all the situation. .
Fortunately, the Ye family and Jiuxianmen's mansion are always friendly. Before the death of the Ye family's head, he sent a voice transmission to Jiuxian and asked them to send someone to rescue Ye Qinwan. If he is suitable for cultivating immortals, he is accepted as an apprentice.
There is also a reason for the Jian sect to act high-profile and domineering. The reason is its strength. It is the fourth sect in the cultivation world, and of course it is qualified to challenge. However, the sects in the cultivation world have few camps like Moyuan, and they all sweep the door. There was snow in his own family, so the Ye family was killed, and the surrounding sects saw that the fire could not burn their own head, so they did not help or intervene.
Just like Jiuxianmen Mansion took in Ye Qinguan, Jianmen did not dare to step forward to ask any more questions, but under the leadership of Song Wuli, Jiuxianmen Mansion seldom meddled in his own business. After repaying the friendship, Ye Qinwan would not have been able to enter the gate of Eagle Immortal unless You Xu wanted to accept him as a disciple.
This time, You Xu didn't plan to go, but let Yin Xun go. After all, this was an opportunity for a hero to save the beauty. Maybe it would make them fall in love at first sight, develop rapidly, and reduce the risk of Yin Xun falling into the devil's way.
Just...
"Crack-"
Yin Xun squeezed the teacup and was silent.
You Xu likes to drink sweet wine, but Yin Xun likes to drink strong and bitter tea, so there is often a mix of wine glasses and tea cups on the stone table. Ye Mingjiao thought at first that his brother was drinking, and the old master liked tea.
"What's wrong?" You Xu looked up at him.
Yin Xun pursed his thin lips tightly and lowered his eyes. In the brown tea, he saw the bitterness and pain in his eyes, so thick that it was difficult to dissolve them.
He drank it all in one gulp, and all the emotions, together with the bitter taste, went back and forth in his chest, and finally became two words: "It's okay."
Yin Xun got up and disappeared, and appeared at the foot of Zhongling Mountain. The broken pieces of porcelain pierced deeply into his palm. The veins on the back of his hands bulged, and his knuckles trembled. one.
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"Master, what's wrong with you, the wine has been spilled." Ye Mingjiao came back from the woods, with some bird feathers sticking to his head, white and yellow.
He saw the master sitting at the stone table in a trance. He didn't notice him for a long time. His expression was not very good-looking.
You Xu came back to her senses, and then noticed that the wine overflowed the wine glass and wet her jacket. She seemed to put down the wine jug unintentionally, and gently flicked her sleeves.
Ye Mingjiao didn't think too much, and his attention quickly shifted: "Where is my senior brother?"
You Xu: "He's going to bring someone back. You're going to have a junior sister."
"Really?" Ye Mingjiao smiled instantly and said with a grin, "Then I'm going to be a senior brother too, I don't know if the little junior sister likes birds, no, I have to go to the woods again to catch them. Just give her a beautiful gift."
After he finished speaking, he ran out again excitedly.
Now that Yin Xun is about to break the mountain, You Xu stared blankly at the empty porcelain cup, as if he saw that his heart was empty.
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It was night, and the orange candlelight shone through the window, dimly falling in the courtyard, and occasionally the chirping of birds could be heard.
Ye Mingjiao sat on the wooden steps in front of the house, craned his neck and looked out the door, playing with the bird in his hand from time to time.
After a while, Ye Mingjiao's eyes lit up, and he turned his head suddenly and shouted into the room, "Master, brother and sister are back!"
You Xu put down his travel notes, walked out of the study, and said to them, "Why don't you come in?"
Yin Xun was standing beside the pear tree at the door, Ye Qinwan had no yard, Ye Ming ran over anxiously, and said enthusiastically, "I heard that your surname is Ye too, although my destiny is not this, but becoming a senior brother and sister is a good thing. It's fate, do you think this little bird likes it? Give it to you."
Ye Qinwan, who was in a state of embarrassment and had just experienced the destruction of his family, was extremely depressed, and said softly, "Thank you."
Ye Mingjiao looked at her red and swollen eyes, and took back the outstretched hand.
You Xuxing went to the door and said warmly, "I already know that this will be your safe place in the future, to shield you from the storm and to keep you clean. Would you like to be my disciple?"
Ye Qinwan lowered his head and knelt down abruptly: "Many thanks to the Zuo Palace Master for his life-saving grace, I can't repay it, I know that my understanding is not high, and it is difficult to carve rotten wood, so I don't want to make Zuo Palace Master bother."
You Xu was stunned, but what was meant to be unexpected turned out to be unexpected, which really caught people off guard.
Ye Mingjiao felt even more unbelievable, and hurriedly asked out: "Why, my master is very good, he will definitely treat you well, and will protect you, not as strict and old-fashioned as other masters in the house, bye bye. My master, you will not regret it, trust me!"
Ye Qinwan didn't say a word.
You Xu stretched out his hand to help her up and asked, "Why, can you give me a reason, or is there any hidden meaning?"
Seeing that Ye Qinwan was biting his lower lip and didn't speak, You Xu added, "If you have any needs, just mention them, and I will try my best to satisfy them."
Ye Qinwan: "It's my personal problem, and it's not inappropriate to be the disciple of Palace Master Zuo like this."
Ye Mingjiao continued to persuade: "It doesn't matter, my brother and I both became apprentices of the palace master first, and then we went to the step-by-step assessment."
Her reason was not a reason, Ye Mingjiao was extremely puzzled why she didn't want to become You Xu's apprentice, and couldn't help but babble to help You Xu.
"The person I admire and admire is the Palace Master You," Ye Qinwan said. "I would like to start with the third-level assessment. If I am fortunate enough to pass the examinations, I will worship at the door of the Palace Master You."
Ye Ming was anxious, and slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, little junior sister, the man in the right house is not as good as my master. There are a lot of disciples who have never met."
He also planned to continue to grind his lips, teach newcomers his experience, and enlighten his mind. You Xu said, "Okay, I understand, Ye Mingjiao, you will send her down the mountain and settle down in the dormitory."
Master said so, Ye Mingjiao had to stop talking: "Let's go."
Ye Qinwan bowed to You Xu again before leaving.
You Xu looked at Yin Xun, who was standing in the shadow of the tree, silent all the time. He had been a teacher and apprentice for ten years and had a little bit of a connection. He understood that You Xu intended to open Ye Mingjiao, so he stood there for a while and didn't move.
"What did you tell her?" asked You Xu.
What did he say to Ye Qinwan to make her so determined not to be under You Xu's sect, she would rather start from the third-level assessment and go to Song Wuli as a teacher, and refuse You Xu again and again.
At this moment, the evening wind was blowing, the leaves of the pear blossoms were rustling, and his face was hidden in the shadows, making it difficult to distinguish his expression.
Silent for a long time.
"Yin Xun!" You Xu had never called him in such a serious tone.
What matters is the key character, if Ye Qinwan, the key character, takes others as his teacher, the subsequent plot will collapse.
"Bang—" Yin Xun suddenly slammed his fist on the tree trunk, and the pear blossoms fell like snow.
The wind stopped.
"Master." This voice suppressed too many complex emotions, so that the tone of voice was not the usual smooth and smooth, but became low and hoarse.
After being silent for a while, he said again, "Am I not good enough?"
"It's where I haven't done well enough. I beg Master to tell me that I can change and I can do my best."
His words were extremely bitter, making You Xu's heart aches and shivering.
Yin Xun acts decisively, has a calm personality, is extremely talented in practice and works hard, and has become the most outstanding disciple of Jiuxianmen Mansion in just a few years.
You Xu pursed his lips, not knowing what to say, so he could only sigh silently.
"But why does Master..." He paused, then said sternly, "You still have to accept apprentices."
The moonlight was cut into pieces by the branches and leaves, and fell mottled on his shoulders, as if he was in a dark and broken mood at the moment.
A moment of silence.
Yin Xun lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "The disciple knows his mistake, the disciple should not violate the rules."
"Master, rest early, and tomorrow the disciple will go to the Punishment Hall to receive the punishment."
After speaking, he entered the courtyard.
You Xu stood quietly under the pear tree in front of the door for a long time, and then she approached, raised her hand, and touched a hole made by a fist on the trunk of the tree with her fingertips.
There was sticky blood in it.
Like who has been hollowed out.
The author has something to say: This description comes from my imagination of a popular science. There is a saying that the size of a human heart is similar to the size of a fist. I don’t know if it’s true, but I believe it for several years.
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